No. 20-6314

Jovon Antoine McClures v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act drug-offense knowledge-requirement physical-force robbery robbery-offense snatching statutory-interpretation violent-felony
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a state robbery offense that may be committed through mere snatching qualify as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I. Does a state robbery offense that may be committed through mere snatching “have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another” as is necessary for an offense to qualify as a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act? Il. Does the Armed Career Criminal Act’s definition of a “serious drug offense” require knowledge of the substance’s illicit nature, an issue left undecided in Shular v. United States, 140 S. Ct. 779, 787 n.3 (2020)? i

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Jovon Antoine McClures
Adam LabonteFederal Defender's Office, Petitioner
Adam LabonteFederal Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent